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Tue, Apr 4, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL2131190812442
SJS071112904331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 4:29COLJack JohnsonAssists: Bowen Byram, Denis Malgin · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:24COLEvan RodriguesAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:55SJSKevin LabancAssists: Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:54COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:50SJSJacob PetersonPPAssists: Danil Gushchin, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:11SJSKevin LabancAssists: Noah Gregor, Jacob MacDonald · Snap, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:13COLNathan MacKinnonGWGAssists: Devon Toews · Snap, 0.35 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:54SJSJacob MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:39SJSTomas Hertl: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P3 1:20SJSNico Sturm: Holding2 min
  4. P3 4:59COLKurtis MacDermid: Hooking2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← COL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
42Shots on goal31
4.3Expected goals3.4
73Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
12Hits29
14Blocked shots22
10Giveaways7
8Takeaways11

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues13:55

    xG 0.84–0.18 (83%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Compher – Nichushkin – Malgin9:00

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Rodrigues – Malgin – Newhook2:36

    xG 0.29–0.09 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor3:40

    xG 0.13–0.35 (26%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Byram9:21

    xG 0.75–0.20 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Girard10:26

    xG 0.85–0.33 (72%)attempts 14–7goals 2–1

  3. Toews – Byram6:55

    xG 0.35–0.15 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Peterson – Gushchin2:27

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Gushchin – Bordeleau2:06

    xG 0.01–0.07 (11%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Labanc – Svechnikov – Sturm5:49

    xG 0.13–0.29 (31%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Peterson – Gushchin3:14

    xG 0.05–0.26 (15%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSimek – Thrun8:05

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 5–9goals 1–2

  2. Benning – Ferraro9:59

    xG 0.30–0.62 (32%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Karlsson14:55

    xG 0.35–1.23 (22%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

SJS 3.4 xGCOL 4.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #344 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

Simulated goal difference (SJS − COL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).